Topic: RECORDING
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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from amplus; AMPLE |
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am‧pli‧fy
past tense and past participle amplified, present participle amplifying, third person singular amplifies [transitive]
past tense and past participle amplified, present participle amplifying, third person singular amplifies [transitive]1TCR to make sound louder, especially musical sound : an amplified guitar
an amplified guitar2 formal to increase the effects or strength of something : These stories only amplified her fears.
These stories only amplified her fears.3 formal to explain something that you have said by giving more information about it : Would you care to amplify that remark?
Would you care to amplify that remark? —amplification noun [uncountable]
noun [uncountable]